Are the most prestigious summer programs the free ones?

<p>[Competitive Admissions Summer programs](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/science_fairs_olympiads_etc/index.shtml#summer”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/before/science_fairs_olympiads_etc/index.shtml#summer&lt;/a&gt;) is
a nice brief list of summer programs that pack a wallop …:D</p>

<p>[Project SMART](<a href=“Leitzel Center | University of New Hampshire”>Leitzel Center | University of New Hampshire) is supposed to be prestigious and fun as well…</p>

<p>[SSp](<a href=“Is SSP For You? - Summer Science Program”>http://summerscience.org/admissions/index.php&lt;/a&gt;) would be
uber good if you are planning to go into engineering/astronomy/…</p>

<p>NIH offers some limited summer internships for HS students in the Biochemistry
and related areas… (also The Institiute of Genomic Research)</p>

<p>[Summer Internships](<a href=“http://www.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm”>http://www.rit.edu/~gtfsbi/Symp/highschool.htm&lt;/a&gt;) provides summer internship opportunities. has some prestigius ones listed as well…</p>